One professional blogging site I looked at was www.evenfromhere.org. The particular blogger's name was Clarence Fisher. I really liked reading some of the blogs that he posted. In one he wrote about using twitter as a means to borrow books from someone at another school to use in his classroom. He posted the twitter conversation and wrote that, not only did social media create another avenue for professionals to correspond with one another but he came to the generalization that people are good and generous. My favorite post I read on his blog was about how he used the famous Dove Evolution video to teach his students about the false perception in ads to sell a product. He wanted to teach the children to be more critical of what they were viewing. He said that it worked and it led to conversations between the children about the reality behind the images they were consuming.
The other professional blog site I looked at was www.thethinkingstick.com written by Jeff Utecht who is an educator, consultant, and author. His blog was more personal thoughts about hot topics or just ideas that he had been pondering. He also reflects on life and one post is simply a story about a baseball game his family used to play when he was younger.
I enjoyed reading both of these blogs, but I was able to relate more to Clarence Fisher's. He also seemed to only write about education and things he was doing in his classroom.
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